“I Had a Nice Time with You On the App” writer Jenna Wortham believes that all these social media outlets are bringing the society closer and making relationships stronger. She writes about all these amazing apps such as Google’s instant messaging, Gchat as well as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat that help her keep her long distance relationship intact. Although I agree with Wortham that social media has made it possible for us to stay in touch with family members around the world I cannot except the fact the she believes that this technology is bringing society closer together. If anything, social media had made us more addicted to our phones and less concerned with the world around us. We have become more obsessed with checking our Twitter feed every half hour and trying to take the perfect Snapchat to post on our story that we forget to have actual face-to-face contact.…show more content… Social media has only exaggerated that desire in forms of having the most friends on Facebook or the most retweets, this can even cause some people to allow strangers to follow them on Instagram, Snapchat etc.. I think Wortham defiantly down played the dangers of publishing your life on the internet for anyone to see. For example, Wortham talks bout how the couples market is huge right now (395) but with all these dating sites do you really know the person you just met online? People tend to show the best and hide the rest, which can sometimes be trouble some. Its easy for people to sit in front of a computer screen and pretend to be someone they’re not. The term ‘Catfish’ came from people pretending to be someone they’re not, they even made a show about it. Ever since online dating became popular there has been a higher risk of date rape and
